groovy rotors

[tony stewart]

I have an 07 with 11000 miles on it. When my wife had the oil changed the attendent told her to have the brakes checked because "something wasnt right."When I looked I noticed two grooves in both front rotors. Dealer said it was normal, I can't see it being normal for a truck with 11000 miles on it to have grooves in the rotors that you can easily feel with your finger.Has anyone else noticed this please reply with pics or comments.

 

[Todd Z]

it is not "normal" to the full extent, But it has been seen before and normally does not effect any thing on the truck.



Just keep an eye on the thickness of the pads.



Todd Z

 

[Fudged Undies]

It is not uncommon for the brakes to be warn at this mileage with previous year ST's. Pull the wheels off and take a look at the pads and make sure they are still good (or have someone look at it). Worst thing that can happen is you wasted a couple of hours checking. If you take it to the dealer, make sure you get there diagnosis in writing if they say nothing is wrong. If turns out there is a problem down the road, you have your documentation that they said otherwise.

 

[Tammie Stevens]

I just had my 07 ST at the dealer two weeks ago for the same problem. I have 9000 miles on them, the dealer turned them, but I also feel the rotors should not be wearing like that, I am keeping a eye on them, if they do it again, I am going to request new rotors and pads.

 

[Dan Chatten]

With my '02' I have had two major brake jobs with 60K on my truck. The first one Ford covered under warranty. I know there has been a mixed bag of experiences with brakes on this site, but I think you really need to keep a close eye on them.



FWIW - I just had the brakes done a few months ago at Sears, and I noticed one thing right away - NO massive amounts of brake dust build up on the rims. And unlike the brake job I had a my dealership at 30K, no squeaking. I had it back to the dealership a 1/2 dozen times on the squeaking issue and it was never resolved.

 

[Richard L]

Actually it is not uncommon or abnormal for grooves to appear in the surfaces of the rotors.



Your brakes are exposed to a lot of road debris and from time to time a tiny pebble, piece of metal, or other debris will get wedged between the rotor and the brake pad and dig a small groove in the rotor.



On my 2001 Sport Trac I hit the brakes coming off a freeway ramp and noticed that I had lost a lot of my braking power and heard a grinding noise. My brake power returned immediately, but I was very concerned. I looked at the rotors and saw a significate groove on the outside of the passenger side rotor. I assumed my pads were gone and immediately bought new Raybesto's QuietStop Carbon-Metalic pads.



When I took the calipers off I noticed that I had plenty of pad all the way around, but that a large piece of road debris had wedged between the pad and the rotor and was forced through the pad leaving a groove in the pad and the rotor. I replace the brake pads anyway since I had already bought them. I had 37K miles on the truck and was nearly at the end of my lease, and had planned on turning it back in and getting an new 2003 or 2004 model.



If you have not warn the pads down to the point where you are getting metal to metal contact with the rotor, grooves in the rotors are very normal.



...Rich

 

[Brian Miller]

I had an '02 prior to the '05 I have now. I went through 2 sets of rotors with it in 36,000 miles! The covered both sets under warranty. I then had to hafve them replaced @ 80,000 miles, so I got rid of it! The rotors are greatly undersized on these tanks! I noticed they did not change the size of them on my '05 either, so when it comes time to change these, I am thinking I will go bigger!



Brian